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Manapua has made its name as one of Hawaiʻi's go to comfort foods. The bun comes steamed or baked, and is filled with delicious char siu meat. No matter its shape, size, or filling, manapua continue ...

When Royal Kitchen opened in Chinatown Cultural Plaza with the vision of bringing baked manapua to Honolulu, residents weren’t accustomed to manapua that wasn’t steamed. Fifty-two years later, these ...

Every time I go home to Hawaii, I always make a special stop to Chun Wah Kam Noodle Factory. The family business has been serving made-from-scratch noodles since 1942, but the reason I make the trip ...

Susan Fein holds a tray of manapua, new favorites at Pu‘uwai Aloha Bakery, which specializes in gluten-free baked goods. I can vouch for that. I had been nudged regularly to visit Pu‘uwai Aloha by a ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Like clockwork, the manapua man drives to business after business -- his truck full of local comfort foods, including noodles, pork hash and freshly fried chicken. "It's a dying ...